Month: November 2013

Our Wedding Photos :: The Details

I’ve already showed off some of our wonderful wedding photos in this post here.  But today I wanted to talk about and show off some of wedding day details.  I worked hard at planning our wedding, I had help from an awesome wedding coordinator, from our friends, and from our family.  I found small touches […]

Categories: Wedding

Tags: wedding photos

Happy Thanksgiving

J and I will be traveling to see my family.  Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.  My Dad’s side of the family tries super hard for all of us to get together.  As we get older and are getting married it’s becoming more difficult for all of us to get together.  Even for J […]

Thankful for in 2013

Here we go the post of what I am thankful for in 2013. I’ll try to keep it short and sweet, but you will get the point. J & I got hitched and it’s pretty amazing to think that I now am half of a whole.  You can read about our perfect wedding day here. // […]

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Personal Finance: Learn From Others

When growing up you probably looked up to your parents, teachers, older siblings, or other mentors that were in your life.  You may have even tried to imitate them, just as I did my older sister (except for that blue lipstick phase she went through – she was on her own).  It’s no surprise that […]

Categories: Personal Finance

Our Wedding Photos

Our Wedding Photos are absolutely wonderful. OH MY GOSH! Seriously, I could have dreamt of anything better. Our photographer, David and his wife, Sarah are a phenomenal team. I thought our engagement photos were freaking awesome (you can check out our engagement photos here.) and then I saw our wedding photos.  David out did himself.  We look great. […]

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I’m Secretly Weird

When I was younger, like high school age, I would love when I would get sick and had to stay home from school. Not because I love being sick, no.  I am not that messed up. I really enjoyed having nothing to do and a reason to sleep all day. My parents were always concerned […]

Categories: Life At Home

Tags: being sick

Advice To My 21 Year Old Self

Older and wiser seem to be true with each year that passes.  I can look back on my years in high school, college, in the graduate degree program with fondness.  Each section of my life is better than the last, and for that I am happy. I’ve written a post about going back to college […]

Categories: Tips

Tags: Advice

10 Tips To Start Your Day Off Right

I love advice from others, but sometimes you just have to learn things the hard way.  Most of the time when it comes to sleeping, or not sleeping enough, you come across ideas that tend to stick out.  At this point in my life with everything I am striving for, such as working hard to […]

Categories: CareerTips

Tags: Career Tips

What Are You Afraid Of? Facing Your Fears

Take a deep breath. Your parents and loved ones are still going to love you.  You aren’t going to disappoint anyone and if you do, then perhaps you didn’t mean that much to them in the first place.  If you make the wrong decision then more than likely, it won’t be the last decision if […]

Categories: Inspirational

Things I Just Don’t Understand

Allergies.  Why are some people’s allergies worse than others and why am I one of those people? Selfies.  I may be victim of taking a selfie or 2, but I do not understand the selfie phenomenon. People who are afraid to dance in public. Live a little. My obsession with Pretty Little Liars, Ravenswood, Drop […]

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